Feeling Crafty

Pillowcases I decorated with dance team...and football team info.
A decorative candy jar.

Oh 'Shoot'ers

Marshmallow Shooters that is......

Let me just start by apologizing to all the people in my neighborhood for all the 'marshmallow attacks', and for turning the park into a 'marshmallow zone' (I couldn't very well have them all over my yard right??) Having overheard a couple of the kids tell Kaleb that his party was the COOLEST EVER was definately worth it!

Consists of:
1 7" PVC Pipe (schedule 40)
2 5" PVC
4 3" PVC
2 Elbows
2 T's
2 Stoppers
Paint of Choice

We watched this video on youtube.com
This looks a tad bit like payback doesn't it???
Re-loading.

Happy Birthday lil buddy!

A Beautiful Life Photography

Some of my favorites!
Kaleb with mom and with dad.


Two best friends.




The girls with mom...and the girls with dad.
I'm realizing they are growing and changing WAY too fast to not get family photos more often.

Totally Radical 80's

Hands down the FUNNEST party I've been to in a LONG time. I went with my friend because our husbands have been gone hunting.


Let's hear if for (the boy) ....the 80s makeup! ♪♫ You win for that!
Let's get physical.....Physical......♪♫
Interesting fact.....most of the stuff we are wearing was purchased recently at Rue 21. It's makin a comeback ladies! Thanks so much for all the laughs!!

Happy Birthday Kaleb 2010

Sweet little boy! I cannot believe that you are 9. The years are just flying by. We haven't had his party yet due to football....and the Pinewood Derby....and hunting season. Coming soon.....

Kaleb choose to make a Police Car. It was AWESOME. However (that's never good right?) it didn't perform as good as it looked. At least we didn't take last place. (Sorry to the kid that did.)

Kaleb's last football game was AWESOME! He had 8 tackles, 2 of which were unassisted, and he had a KILLER block so that our team could get a touchdown. Way to go buddy!

Fire

Sunday afternoon Trent told me there was a fire behind the mountain. I wasn't really worried about it til later that night I came outside to see this.....

I still wasn't TOO worried when I saw this.....

Trent in the mean time called me from taking Baylee to the airport. He told me that Camp Williams had started this fire. As the night progressed and we started hearing about all the evacuations WAY too close to us....we started to panic. I was trying to get the kids to bed because they had school in the morning. Kaleb was the MOST upset. "What if we don't get out in time?" I had to explain that this is the Firefighters job. They wouldn't let be in our homes if it wasn't safe. He was OK with that...but still pretty upset. We told the kids to say their prayers. IMMEDIATELY after Kaleb said his prayer he yelled, "MOM! It's gonna be ok. The Still Small Voice told me."

That's when I realized it was gonna be ok....but just to be safe, we packed bags up. I wanted to be ready so that if we DID need to go, we weren't gonna be without things we'd need. Soon after that Trent got called out for the National Guard to go help.

Then we saw this.....

Still is further away than it looks....but pretty scary.

Looking at this the day after. Unbelievable that only 3 people lost their homes. Truly a miracle.

So finally today I finally started unpacking my bag with my makeup, curling iron, blowdryer, favorite jewelry and clothes. Moved on to the kids and I was humbled once again by the things my children chose to pack (after I'd packed their clothes and shoes) a picture of Christ in one, and the Scriptures in another. They are constantly teaching me by their innocence.

A reminder to us all to be ready for emergencies. I would have left all of my important documents. I'm going to sit down and make a list of the things that we need to have. In watching a couple of my neighbors, they were taking pictures of everything they owned. Very very smart.

Football 2010

Kaleb #25.
Going in for a hit.....
He decleated this kid. It was awesome. (and YES there was a bribe involved for good tackles....whatever it takes right?)

Labor Day Weekend 2010

The annual trip to Crystal Hot Springs. There were several families that went this year. It was SUCH a blast. I absolutely love hanging out with these people. :)












Camera Wars. I think I won!
The Hungry Caterpillar. This thing was GINORMOUS! The markings just in front of that black line looked like eyes...and it has blue dots down its back. I tried to find out what kind of caterpillar it was but I have been unsuccessful so far. So I picked this guy up in a cup (cuz my dog was playing with it) when I put it down on the table it puffed up like that. It was making those yellow eyes (on its back) look big and scary. Kinda cool!




Do you like the word COUGAR strategically placed right behind our heads? Yeah...that wasn't on purpose. But it's pretty funny.